Even though Turley technically owned the home, the person who lived in it before Gargiulo and the squatters arrived was Munir Uwaydah, an orthopedic surgeon and Turley's alleged co-conspirator in the $150 million workers' compensation fraud scheme.

Uwaydah fled the country in 2010, after he was accused of hiring someone to kill his 21-year-old ex-girlfriend, Juliana Redding. A person was charged and tried for her slaying but was acquitted and Uwaydah was never formally charged in connection with Redding's death.

Uwaydah was indicted in 2015 for his alleged role in the insurance fraud scheme but is reportedly hiding out in Lebanon.

Turley signed the deed to the home over to Notre Dame Properties — which prosecutors say is controlled by Uwaydah — a few months before he was indicted, according to property records.

In 2021, a judge ordered a trustee to take control of the home under California's "freeze and seize law" that allows the state to take the assets of convicted white collar criminals. The home was intended to be sold to pay restitution to the victims of Turley and Uwaydah's fraud scheme, but Notre Dame Properties sold the home to a different LLC.

On Jan. 18, that owner filed a lawsuit against the squatters for eviction.

Besides the home in Beverly Hills, James also owns two homes in Brentwood; one he bought in 2019 for $23 million and another that he bought for $21 million in 2017.

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